Notices by Dan Stowell (danstowell@mastodon.social)

Learnt a lovely Dutch word: "natafelen". Literally "after-table-ing": sitting around chatting after your dinner, perhaps with a drink but maybe just sitting. A good phenomenon yet no word in English. #Dutch #words

I have resigned as a reviewer for the Royal Society. I encourage others to do the same.

Dear editors,

Today I saw some news about the Royal Society which made me very uncomfortable. As a result, I am afraid I will withdraw my voluntary reviewing work for Royal Society. I will not after all be completing this review for Royal Society Open Science.

[The rest of the letter: http://mcld.co.uk/blog/2025/letter-to-royal-society-about-reviewing-and-code-of-conduct.html]

#royalsociety #elonmusk #science #reviewing #academicchatter

A reminder to all you postdoc job seekers: I'm hiring! At our lovely university in Tilburg (The Netherlands), deadline 13th May, details here: https://mastodon.social/@danstowell/112173904691735997

@andthisismrspeacock Understood. But what I don't see here is why would they bother even starting? Fedi is small fry to them, no? Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to build other product features? Or maybe you'd suggest it's to eliminate potential competition?